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Angela Berkley,
High School Student
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Rain forest images - giant trees seen through a canopy window, and lit by the morning sun.
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Borg Svemann,
Woodworker
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Some rain forest trees exhibit flowers at sites where, based on our experience of temperate zone plants, we would not expect them.
Trees in the tropical rain forests make up 70 percent of the plant species and can grow up to 200 feet tall.
In the rain forest many people are cutting down the trees.
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Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster
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This latex is harvested from living rubber trees in the rain forest by tapping them much like maple trees are tapped for maple syrup.
The trees in tropical rain forests give off water through the pores of their leaves.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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Tropical rain forests are forests of tall, dense trees in regions of warmth and plentiful rainfall.
The wood is usually harvested from the rain forests from trees like rubberwood which have evolved primarily to be resistant to humidity and insects.
Rain Forests are filled with screeching monkeys, turtle nesting grounds and enormous trees that form an overhead canopy.
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